The move to

symbols is
often made
too quickly
and the use
of materials
dropped too
soon
( Reys,et.
Al.,2014)

Materials
stage

Real life/ Children are

familiar with. e.g
Blocks, cars, lego,
pictures, real life
objects etc.

Lots of, groups

of, how many
altogether, is it
fair? Can we
share these
fairly?

Using objects
to display
understandin
g or drawing
pictures of
groups, No
symbolic
recording at
this stage as
children are
not ready.

Partition
model
If I had 10
lollies and 5
friends, how
many lollies
would each
friend get?

Using objects
to display
understandin
g or Drawing
pictures of
objects in
groups. No
symbolic
recording at
this stage as
children are
not ready.

This is a great book to

introduce children to
division at language
stage.

Lots of, groups

of, how many
altogether, is it
fair? Can we
share these
fairly?

Counters, paddle pop

sticks, Maths blocks, teddy
bears.

Mathemati
cal Stage

MAB blocks for

multiplication
algorithm

Introduce
mathematical
language such
as Divide,
halve, equals

Lots of, groups

of, how many
altogether, is it
fair? Can we
share these
fairly? How
many groups
can we make?
NOT Goes
into .

Using objects
to display
understandin
g or Drawing
pictures of
objects in
groups.
Begin to
introduce
symbols if
they are
ready

Symbolic
stage

No Materials should
be needed unless
working out division
algorithm.

Mathematical
language
Divide, halve,
equals
Division
Algorithm
In which house
should we start?
Do we need to
jump the fence?
Do we have any
left over? Do we
need to trade?
Is it fair?
NOT BORROW.

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